Monday, December 12, 2005

My kid has fantastic taste

Two things you should know before I tell this story:

1. My little boy tends to do something I'd call "shispering." It's a cross between singing and whispering, in which he says the words he knows and mumbles his way through the rest.

2. We listen to an iPod mix of songs when we're in the car -- some Sesame Street, some not.

So today, I heard a little bit of noise from the backseat. He has had a cough and a runny nose, so I listened carefully to see if he was OK. Here's what I heard ...

Oh ... York ... Unnn ... stuh-dam

Since we were stuck at a traffic light, I turned my head and joined in ...

Why they changed it, I can't say
People just liked it better that waaaaay

So take me back to Constantinople
No, you can't go back to Constantinople ...

And he smiled at me.

Yes, my little boy likes They Might Be Giants to the point of singing along.

That, along with the fact that he usually requests the Dandy Warhols' Bohemian Like You (known to him as "I like YOU?") and enjoys the Beatles songs I often play, is proof that my kid is growing up all right.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Excellent. I've got my boys groovin' on some old school soul, but their favorite song right now is "Video Killed the Radio Star." I need to try some TMBG next.

bdure said...

Nothing wrong with a bit of Buggles music, except that it might lead them to the wildly inconsistent Yes album "Drama," featuring the two Buggles as short-lived replacements for Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman/Tony Kaye.

We have cousins who have "progressed" from Britney Spears to Lindsey Lohan, so consider yourself lucky. (Seriously, if they're going to go pop, can't they at least opt for Kelly Clarkson?)